Bay Islands English
Bay Islands English is an English variety spoken on the Bay Islands Department (Guanaja, Roatán, Utila), Honduras. Ethnologue reported that there were 22,500 native speakers in 2001. Mainlanders know this language as Caracol, which literally means "conch". Genealogically this variety descends from Cayman Islands English.
| Bay Islands English | |
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| Region | Bay Islands Department (Honduras) |
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Early forms | Old English
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Writing system | Latin (English alphabet) |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
| IETF | en-u-sd-hnib |
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